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I thought donations were optional (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.

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[–] Son_of_dad 57 points 8 months ago (3 children)

One of my favorite programs was acting up, so I went to reinstall. Turned out this program that has been free for a decade, now wants $29 a month, to let me pirate movies. Da fuck? What a way to shit the bed, to offer the same free program but charge for it out of nowhere

[–] [email protected] 77 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If anyone actually pays $29 a month to watch movies illegally modern streaming services have truly reached a new low

[–] Son_of_dad 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it's was bittorrent. they went with a paid, tiered model now. They want me to pay to use a torrent client to pirate stuff, it's ridiculous

[–] CurbsTickle 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Unable to delete so editing instead. Leaving Lemmy.world due to privacy concerns.

[–] Son_of_dad 11 points 8 months ago

I had no idea as I've been using it for years and it was just there. I switched to q

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I mean, that's cheaper than having three or four subscriptions to cover at least the basic catalog.

[–] unreasonabro 7 points 8 months ago

now whatever you do, don't steal it

also doublecheck you aren't on a scam site or that the product hasn't forked ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Stremio